. >>> our thesis is that with a pretty big deficit/debt problem ultimately you'll have to unwind some of the stimulus and that would be bad for the market multiples in the interim. >> well, that was one of the street's biggest bears, morgan stanley's adam parker. our next guest has an entirely different opinion and he says stocks are going sharply higher over the next few months regardless of what happens in washington. barry bannister joins us now live. barry, it's nice to see you. >> hi. >> i'd call you a market bull, but i'd be doing you a disservice. you are looking for 1600 in just the next couple of months. how in the world will we get there? >> well, we do need some fiscal clarity. i don't think we can get there without that. right now the central banks have been in the lead around the world and we need the politicians to fall in line. it's taken longer than i thought, though. >> so originally, what, you had 1600 s&p by the end of this year, am i correct, by 2012? >> yeah, the election left a lot of the status quo intact about the house, the senate, and the preside presidency.